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Capital - Social Fund

Sure Start Maternity Grant

Any capital the customer or partner has will have no effect on the amount of Sure Start Maternity Grant due to them.
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Community Care Grant

If the customer and their partner are under 60 years old a Community Care Grant will be reduced by the amount of any joint capital they have over £500.
If the customer or their partner is aged 60 or over a Community Care Grant will be reduced by the amount of any joint capital they have over £1,000.
For further details:

Budgeting Loan

If the customer and their partner are under 60 years old a Budgeting Loan will be reduced by the amount of any joint capital they have over £1,000.
If the customer or their partner is aged 60 or over a Budgeting Loan will be reduced by the amount of any joint capital they have over £2,000.
Further details can be obtained from booklet S16 "A Guide to the Social Fund".

Crisis Loan

The customer does not have to be in receipt of any benefit to apply for a Crisis Loan. If they apply for a Crisis Loan, the full amount of all available resources is taken into account against the loan applied for, including:
  • Capital assets;
  • Funds in a bank and/or building society accounts;
  • Credit facilities;
  • Money available through an existing loan or overdraft;
  • Other benefits (excluding DLA Mobility).
Further details can be obtained from booklet S16 "A Guide to the Social Fund".

Funeral Payment

Any capital the customer or partner has will have no effect on the amount of Funeral Payment due to them.
Further details can be obtained from:
  • Social Security Agency

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